Crashland (46 page)

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SEAN WILLIAMS
is a #1
New York Times
bestselling author of several novels for adults as well as the coauthor of the middle grade series Troubletwisters with Garth Nix. As a resident of South Australia—which he reports is a lovely place a long way away from the rest of the world—Sean has often dreamed of stepping into a booth and being somewhere else, instantly. This has led to a fascination with the social, psychological, and moral implications of such technology. When not pondering such weighty matters, Sean can generally be found eating chocolate (actually, he eats chocolate when pondering these matters, too). Visit Sean on the web at www.seanwilliams.com.

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“A sprawling and complex tale, built on an impressively well-constructed premise and held together with intrigue and tension.”

—
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“A mind-blowing adventure about what it means to be human, and what it means to find ourselves.”

—SCOTT WESTERFELD, author of
Uglies
and
Leviathan

“A thrilling, existential head trip worthy of my favorite anime. I couldn't stop reading this book. More importantly, I couldn't stop thinking about it.”

—ALAYA DAWN JOHNSON, author of
The Summer Prince

Twinmaker

Cover art © 2014 by Howard Huang

Cover design by Erin Fitzsimmons

Balzer + Bray is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

CRASHLAND

Copyright © 2014 by Sean Williams

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